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  Shoot The Geek

  American Way, Global Perspectives on War and Peace, Viewers Choice

  Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection.

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  Street Tape Chicago ’75

  Chicago, Guerrilla TV, Roots of Video, Video Makers Choice

  Skip Blumberg walks the streets of Chicago, getting those he meets along the way to talk about what they do for a living. Some of the interviewees include a bartender, an Abraham Lincoln impersonator around 06:30, a produce clerk, a housewife, and a prostitute. Plus an interview with Democratic 43rd Ward Committeeman Dan O’Brien in front of the Biograph Theater. Also includes a follow-up with Wheelin’ Lovin’ Al, who was featured in It’s A Living a few months earlier. The interviews have been taped over an unrelated science video about the human body.

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  Reverend Billy’s Peace Revival

  Outside Agitators

  Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping stage a lengthy peace revival filled with song, dance, and sermons raging against American consumerism.

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  SurfRiders: Going Coastal

  American Way, Politics

  Skip Blumberg’s video short documenting the Orange County chapter of the SurfRider Foundation, an environmental group dedicated to the conservation of the world’s beaches. Members, many of which are surfers, discuss pollution of the waters and hold a protest against proposed jettys in their area of coastline.  Blumberg documents the protest, plus interviews surfers and members of the foundation.

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  Nam June Paik: #1 Video Artist

  Uncategorized

  Tribute to video artist Nam June Paik. Skip Blumberg speaks with Paik’s friends, peers, and collaborators as they discuss the artist’s life, work, and influence. Interviews are often shown alongside excerpts from Paik’s own videos. Features: Bill Rabinovich, Paul Gamin, Yoko Ono, Kit Fitzgerald, John Hanhardt, Olga Mazurkiewicz, Doctor Videovich, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Beryl Korot, Bill Viola, Carlotta Schoolman, Merce Cunningham, Carolee Schneeman, Russel Connor, Dimitri Devyatkin, Wulf Herzogenrath, Bob Harris, Barbara London, Gary O’Grady, Nina Sobell, Liz Phillips, Raphaele Shirley, and C.T Lui.

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  Weekend In Moscow [unofficial art]

  Global Village, Skip Blumberg

  Skip Blumberg goes to the Soviet Union to investigate “unofficial artists” – those not sanctioned by the state.

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  [Chicago Slices raw: Lincoln Park Skaters, Gloria Linari]

  Chicago, Chicago Slices, Skip Blumberg

  This video contains raw footage for the television show “Chicago Slices.” Videomakers Skip Blumberg and Ahdee Goldberg speak with a rollerblader and his friend in the Lincoln Park/Old Town area of Chicago. They also visit opera singer Gloria Linari at her home in Highwood, IL. Linari talks about her work and performs a few pieces for the camera.

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  [Chicago Slices raw : masons on scaffold]

  Chicago, Chicago Slices, GDDF, NHPRC-2, Skip Blumberg

  Raw footage for the TV program Chicago Slices. This tape features masons repairing an 18-story building.